[PATCH 0/3] dma: add support for DMA multiplexer DT nodes

Guennadi Liakhovetski g.liakhovetski at gmx.de
Wed Jun 12 20:38:44 EST 2013


On Wed, 12 Jun 2013, Vinod Koul wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 02:53:49PM +0530, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 05:47:22PM +0200, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > > Next re-send of an earlier work. This series adds support for multiple 
> > > compatible DMAC instances, capable of serving the same DMA slaves. 
> > > Currently to specify such a configuration in DT, slaves would have to add 
> > > DMA tuples for each requested channel for each suitable DMAC. This 
> > > needlessly clutters the Device Tree. Instead we group such DMAC DT nodes 
> > > together under a common parent. Then slaves can just reference that parent 
> > > in their DMA bindings.
> > > 
> > > Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski+renesas at gmail.com>
> + arnd now..
> 
> > wasnt this series Acked by Anrd previosuly.

Well, he requested documentation, which I first posted as a separate 
patch, but integrated in the actual DT-adding patch in this version. Back 
then Arnd wrote "With a binding document added, the patch seems ok." which 
kinda is an Ack... :)

Thanks
Guennadi

> > 
> > Neverthless, Anrd do you mind reviwing this
> > 
> > --
> > ~Vinod
> > > 
> > > Guennadi Liakhovetski (3):
> > >   OF: add a new phandle parsing function for grouped nodes
> > >   dmaengine: add support for DMA multiplexer DT nodes
> > >   DMA: shdma: add DT support
> > > 
> > >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/dma/dma.txt |   44 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  drivers/dma/of-dma.c                          |   31 +++++++++++----
> > >  drivers/dma/sh/shdma-base.c                   |   51 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > >  drivers/dma/sh/shdma.c                        |   44 ++++++++++++++++++---
> > >  drivers/of/base.c                             |   28 ++++++++++++-
> > >  include/linux/of.h                            |   16 ++++++++
> > >  include/linux/shdma-base.h                    |    5 ++
> > >  7 files changed, 196 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 1.7.2.5
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > Guennadi
> > > ---
> > > Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
> > > Freelance Open-Source Software Developer
> > > http://www.open-technology.de/
> > 
> > -- 
> 
> -- 
> 

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Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
Freelance Open-Source Software Developer
http://www.open-technology.de/


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